Sharing internet connection using laptop

thedeadghost

thedeadghost

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Hi,
I am trying to make my windows xp laptop as a hot spot so that I can use my other device by wifi. I tried to follow steps including sharing the lan connection and making a new ssid. I see it in the list of wireless network but do not see it on any of the android devices. Any way to get this to work ?

Thanks
 
Copy paste the following code in a notepad and save it as a .bat file. double click to run it.

your ssid and password to connect will be thedeadghost

Code: 
@echo off
netsh wlan set hostednetwork ssid=thedeadghost key=thedeadghost keyUsage=persistent mode=allow
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
pause
 
Criminal said:
Copy paste the following code in a notepad and save it as a .bat file. double click to run it.

your ssid and password to connect will be thedeadghost

Code: 
@echo off
netsh wlan set hostednetwork ssid=thedeadghost key=thedeadghost keyUsage=persistent mode=allow
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
pause
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Thanks for the suggestion. It doesnt seem to work since I am using windows xp I think. Any other work around ? I tried my wifi router software too but still doesn't show it as a acess point in any android phone.
I can't upgrade to windows 7 due to some graphic chipset problem.
 
XP is patched to support adhoc WiFi network. what do you get when to run 'netsh' command?

there could be only two problems here: either the syntax is different for XP or your WiFi card doesn't support hosted network. verify from product support page if your WiFi card has this feature. WiFi chips on lot of old laptops don't support it.
 
On running the command it says the following command was not found. When i tried to manually type step by step the wlan command seems to be not present in netsh mode itself.
 
If possible, try updating the driver for your onboard Wi-Fi.
I had using the driver which was installed by default during Windows 7 installation.
I had found some command which when run indicates if card supports Hosted Network or not. The default driver did not support Hosted Network. When i updated the driver, it showed that Hosted Network is supported.
 
thedeadghost said:
Hi,
I am trying to make my windows xp laptop as a hot spot so that I can use my other device by wifi. I tried to follow steps including sharing the lan connection and making a new ssid. I see it in the list of wireless network but do not see it on any of the android devices. Any way to get this to work ?

Thanks
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You could use mhotspot. Here is the download link. Download
 
thedeadghost said:
On running the command it says the following command was not found. When i tried to manually type step by step the wlan command seems to be not present in netsh mode itself.
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I just wanted to know what happens when you run only 'netsh' command. Looks like you have SP3 and this command is available to you. Yes, 'wlan' is not available in XP. It needs a different syntax which I can't try as I don't have XP.

If your WiFi card supports hosted network then follow the video posted by @paarkhi. It'll definitely work. Its command line version is quite lengthy for XP, so try the GUI way. For Vista and above, it's a one line code.
 
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